finite verb

American  

[fahy-nahyt vurb] / ˈfaɪ naɪt ˌvɜrb /

noun

Grammar.

1. a verb form that distinguishes person, number, and tense, as well as mood or aspect: in She works from home, the verb works indicates a third-person singular subject (she ), present tense, and indicative mood, the mood used for ordinary statements and questions about facts.

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Etymology

Origin of finite verb

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

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finite verb

Translation.—This sentence contains only one finite verb, the principal one.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

The nominative case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun which usually denotes the subject of a finite verb.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

Thus in every sentence there must be a finite verb to limit the subject.

From How to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin

When the noun or pronoun is the subject of a finite verb; that is, a verb other than an infinitive.

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Thomas Wood

A phrase consists of two or more words without a finite verb.

From How to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin